AlanSmithee:Could "I was sat in a chair" be grammatical if the form of 'sitting' is the transitive one?Eg:(An adult talking about a time he was 3 years old)"At the cottage, my parents had a choice of how to seat us three kids. There was an orange chair, a blue chair, a stool, and a bench. Sister got the bench. Big brother was forced to takethe stool. As for me, I was sat on a chair, the blue one".Or should it be "I was seated"?

6/10 but that's because two of the questions ask about actual grammatical terms. I got booted from school too early to learn the fancy high fallutin' names for stuff. Basically those questions should not be on a general grammar test because people can have good grammar without knowing what "dangling poopsicle" and "geridung" means.

The wording of the Churchill question is more a historical one even though they give you a hint (I got that one right). Again, however, it requires a bit of knowledge of grammatical terms.

The Zimbabwe/landing a plane one messed me up because the plane landing phrase seems like it would be better off with a period (two phrases... or perhaps parentheses like this) than a semi colon and then it goes on to say the Zimbawe one works with a colon. Just a bad, sneaky question (yes I got it wrong).

The Hilary is male one is just weird/obscure but I'll admit that a true grammar Nazi would probably have gotten it. It is however a very awkward way of conveying the message which pretty much goes against the basic purpose of proper grammar.

In other words... I just woke up and that test hurt my bum. I hate you all.

- Churchill question is history- How do you know I only have one "neighbour"? (I actually got this one right because it would have been kinda awkward with multiple neighbors and it surely could have been phrased better)- I would simply slap a biatch for saying "I've already told you" on the Hilary question- It's too early for me to remember what the 3rd wrong one was....

I had the same English teacher for three years in Junior High. He loved to diagram sentences. Loved it. Three years of diagramming sentences. I used to diagram sentences in my sleep. He was a jerk, but now I no how too rite gud.

I got the first one wrong and it annoyed me. They didn't actually tell you if there were one or more neighbors, so I chose the s-apostrophe. If they mean that the garden belonged to one neighbor in particular rather than a group of neighbors as a whole, that sort of makes sense, but then what if there are multiple people living in the same house? Are all 5 people living in that house considered "neighbor" or "neighbors"?

Depending on how long you've studied English, and how fluent you are, one would actually expect you to do better on a quiz like this than some native speakers. When studying a second language, your focus is generally on prescriptive usage. How native speakers actually use the language is not necessarily in line with the prescriptive rules of grammar. It's only after you learn at least some rules that you learn how native speakers break them. The native speaker of a language acquires the language first, and then learns the rules.

And this is why my linguistics professor last term, whose first language is Mandarin, uses such proper English grammar.

/Thankfully, he's only a grammar nazi for example purposes.//Interesting class.///Slashies

I pretty well object to most of those questions. For instance the one with the apples. I got that one wrong and it tells me that the word "fewer" should be used for things that can be counted. Uh, I can count apples.

And that one, "I was sat in the chair"?! Who the hell talks like that? That makes no sense whatsoever.

Missed "Hilary" and "Misplaced modifier". The Hilary one (with different names) I had gotten wrong on another quizz recently and the I actually, almost clicked "Misplaced modifier" but changed my mind and chose C instead. Because it's always C, right?

Luminaro:I got the first one wrong and it annoyed me. They didn't actually tell you if there were one or more neighbors, so I chose the s-apostrophe. If they mean that the garden belonged to one neighbor in particular rather than a group of neighbors as a whole, that sort of makes sense, but then what if there are multiple people living in the same house? Are all 5 people living in that house considered "neighbor" or "neighbors"?

The question said, "The man next door has a garden..." not "The people next door have a garden..."

7 out of 10. I may have done fewer better considering this is May but I'm satting in a chair watching my neighbor's cat and his only other pet use their dangling modifiers to soil the soil in my garden.

/why should I listen to people who stuff extra vowels into every word then don't provide the numbers to the answers./Be British! Obfuscate!

The Hilary question made me want to stab someone with a fork. I will steal the upthread image from Modified Cornstarch:

I'm also 9 of 10, despite my meandering, drunken Fark posts. One thing I don't get is why grammar nazis think that anyone cares to meticulously proofread before posting. It's a website where we tell dick and fart jokes for chrissakes. Fark all that...preview is for p*ssies. I go in dry.

namegoeshere:Luminaro: I got the first one wrong and it annoyed me. They didn't actually tell you if there were one or more neighbors, so I chose the s-apostrophe. If they mean that the garden belonged to one neighbor in particular rather than a group of neighbors as a whole, that sort of makes sense, but then what if there are multiple people living in the same house? Are all 5 people living in that house considered "neighbor" or "neighbors"?

The question said, "The man next door has a garden..." not "The people next door have a garden..."

But if he is married or has a partner who does not garden, then it is his garden but the garden is located at the neighbors' house.

I got the question correct. But I think it's unclear whether there is one man living in the house and he tends the garden or there are two people in the house, one of which is a man who solely tends the garden.

TheShavingofOccam123:namegoeshere: Luminaro: I got the first one wrong and it annoyed me. They didn't actually tell you if there were one or more neighbors, so I chose the s-apostrophe. If they mean that the garden belonged to one neighbor in particular rather than a group of neighbors as a whole, that sort of makes sense, but then what if there are multiple people living in the same house? Are all 5 people living in that house considered "neighbor" or "neighbors"?

The question said, "The man next door has a garden..." not "The people next door have a garden..."

But if he is married or has a partner who does not garden, then it is his garden but the garden is located at the neighbors' house.

I got the question correct. But I think it's unclear whether there is one man living in the house and he tends the garden or there are two people in the house, one of which is a man who solely tends the garden.

It said neighbor's garden, not house. Either way, based on the information we were given, it was one neighbor's garden.

I take pride in my 7 of 10. Clearly I wasn't the only one to slip on Hilary but when I saw the explanation it made sense. I should be more conscious when taking grammar tests. This is the first time in my adult life when knowing what a gerund is has proven useful.